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Gambling companies in the seven states where iGaming is legal have generated a total of $634.8 million in GGR for May, highlighting the industry’s growth. The reported figure marks an increase of 27.6% from May 2023. May 2024 was notably the second most profitable month in the history of...

US iGaming Revenues Grow as States Report Favorable May Figures

The writing is on the wall. Yet neither party is quite satisfied. Since the overturning of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) in 2018 by the Supreme Court of the United States, the country has become a fertile ground for sports betting operations. Fast forward to 2024, and...

Are Offshore Bookmakers Losing the Battle Against the Regulated Sector in the US?

Archeologists recently unearthed the grave of a man believed to be a chief in the Coclé culture, the archeological name for the people who inhabited Panama over a thousand years ago. Discovered in the El Caño Archaeological Park, the El Caño Foundation shared select images of the ongoing excavation...

Ancient tomb filled with gold, sacrificial victims discovered

Previously overlooked, spinels and tourmalines are rocketing in desirability and value, as collectors look beyond diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires.

Move over diamonds, these little-known gemstones are heating up

The Canlan Sports arena in Ontario has removed gambling ads following complaints by a concerned father and an advocacy group, and a review by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO). This has sparked activism for the removal of gambling ads from sporting facilities predominantly used by minors. The...

AGCO Tells Ontario Arena to Remove Betting Ads Targeting Minors

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The frozen continent of Antarctica is, paradoxically, a hotbed of volcanic activity.The ice-capped region is home to some 138 volcanoes nestled beneath the snow, 91 of which were discovered as recently as 2017.Whilst most of them are considered dormant or possibly extinct, three have erupted in recent history according to the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program: Penguin Island in 1905; Deception Island in 1970, and Mount Erebus in 1972.The latter of these is arguably Antarctica’s most famous – winning the titles of tallest active volcano on the continent – with its summit standing at 12,448 feet (3,794 metres) – and...

Volcano in Antarctica spews out $6,000-worth of gold each day

Flint, MI

The case concerning an illegal gambling establishment in Michigan has reached a legal settlement, with the owner agreeing to no longer engage in similar operations. According to the Michigan Gaming Control Board, the settlement was reached on May 7, resolving the matter for good. Linos Antonio Kas-Mikha, who ran the...

Michigan Illegal Gambling Case Settled, Owner Agrees to Stop

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YAKUTSK, Russia (Reuters) - In Russia's far northeastern Yakutia region, local scientists are performing an autopsy on a wolf frozen in permafrost for around 44,000 years, a find they said was the first of its kind.

Russian scientists conduct autopsy on 44,000-year-old permafrost wolf carcass

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D'iberville, MS

They say that lightning doesn’t strike twice but it seems like it has struck three times for visitors of the Scarlet Pearl Casino in D’Iberville. As it turns out, three separate guests won jackpot prizes in a single day. According to Angela Black, the property’s director of gaming...

South Mississippi Casino Hands Three Jackpots in One Day

A rich person has many reasons to move to a new place. Maybe they are in search of more opportunities or lower taxes. Or maybe they want to relocate simply because they have the means to do so. Some countries are seeing a large exodus of millionaires in 2024. The...

10 Countries That Rich People Are Flocking to (USA Isn’t No. 1)

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Virginia fans of The Bold and the Beautiful, if you were watching earlier this week when Tom Star (Clint Howard died), you know that Li Finnegan (Naomi Matsuda) did not honor her Hippocratic Oath as a physician to "do no harm".

The Bold and the Beautiful shocker: Dr. Li Finnegan broke her Hippocratic Oath by watching Tom die

Cave paintings in Indonesia turned out to be 4,000 years older than thought, making them the world’s oldest known representational artworks. Archaeologists used new techniques to date the images in limestone caves on the island of Sulawesi, and found they were around 51,000 years old — predating the earliest European cave paintings by 15,000 years.

World’s oldest cave art discovered

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Construction workers have unearthed a collection of 285 silver coins hidden in a trench.

Hundreds of centuries-old coins unearthed in Germany likely belonged to wealthy 17th-century mayor

King Arthur’s magical sword in the stone may be the stuff of legend (and many a film and TV adaptation), but France has had its own real-life Excalibur for centuries.The Durandal sword has earned its own mythological credentials having been embedded high up in a rock in the south-central village of Rocamadour for some 1,300 years.And yet, on Saturday, 22 June, the sword suddenly vanished from its rocky bed, and no one can work out how the thief took it.Durandal was the legendary sword of Roland, a renowned warrior and the protagonist of the 11th century epic poem La Chanson...

‘Excalibur’ sword suddenly vanishes after 1,300 years wedged in stone

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Perry, GA

Vanishing Georgia

Peggy Bramblette recently reached out to let us know that the historic New Perry Hotel, perhaps the best-known symbol of this Middle Georgia town, was facing possible demolition. A week passed and I was not surprised to learn that the demolition is imminent. I’ve witnessed a long history of developers convincing local politicians to agree […]

Historic New Perry Hotel Facing Demolition

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Lions are known as the king of the jungle, but they’re not meaningless figureheads. They earned that title by being some of the most dangerous apex predators on the planet. For the most part, humans have lost their respect for these large mammals, though. Our superior technology combined with lower numbers of lions in the […]

The Deadliest Lion Attacks in Human History

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Despite advances in science and radiocarbon dating, there’s only so far back into the past we can look.That means that great chapters of ancient history will likely always remain a mystery, leaving gaping holes for myth and legend to fill.Enter the long-lost continent of Lemuria, also known as Mu – a vast landmass that, according to believers, existed in the Pacific Ocean 50,000 to 12,000 years ago.Proponents of the theory say that it stretched from Hawaii in the north to Easter Island in the southeast to Micronesia in the west.They also posit that it was home to an advanced civilisation,...

Was the legendary lost continent of Mu the 'real' Atlantis?

The natural world is constantly surprising us, and now new research has suggested that ’fountains of diamonds’ could be sent shooting up to the surface of the Earth as part of a major geological event.Supercontinents breaking up could send them spewing up from deep within the Earth’s core, according to research undertaken by Thomas Gernon, who is a professor of Earth and climate science at the University of Southampton.Diamonds are formed around 150 kilometres below our feet and sent firing upwards by kimberlite eruptions which can travel up to 133 kilometres per hour and create enormous explosions on the surface,...

Major explosion causes 'fountains of diamonds' to erupt from Earth's crust

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This post contains AI-generated content or images. Throughout human history, every culture has spun and shared its own religious history. These include tales of giants, demigods, and other extraordinary beings. One of the most interesting yet controversial stories comes from the ancient texts of the Hebrew Bible, concerning the Nephilims - a culture or race of giants that are supposedly the children of an angelic male and human female.

Did Angel-Human Hybrids Breed a Race Known as Nephilim?

Newark, NJ

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NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

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BlueBet Exits Indiana, Initiates Review of US Assets

BlueBet has decided to pull out from the Indiana market amid various setbacks. In addition, the betting operator has initiated a strategic review of its operations...

BlueBet Exits Indiana, Initiates Review of US Assets

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